High school is never an easy road to navigate, in fact for me, I can remember being a very confusing time. You can never really appreciate the saying” It’s the journey, not the destination”, until after the fact and this time in any young person’s life is where this philosophy is most in action. I remember having some really fun times, and some not so very fun times. I think for most comic book readers, this is was about the time, where we struggled with staying true to ourselves.

This was about the time, I got interested in girls and playing sports, so my interest started to wane, and eventually I chose the two over comic books.   I would not pick them back up again until I introduced my daughters to reading through comic books, much like how my father taught me. I often wondered, if I had not gone down that path, what books I would have read up to this point. I also wondered what ever happened to those kids whose lives were never easy during high school.

We Can Never Go Home, pretty much asks the same question, but only if those kids had superpowers and actually use it for private gain. We are introduced to Madison and Duncan, two teenagers who are very much different, as Madison is pretty much the popular girl in school, while Duncan is loner kid in school, who has no friends. They meet one night, where they not only find out themselves of their powers but of each other, and end up with an accidental death, a drug deal gone wrong, and a bag full of cash. By the end of the story arc, it is a story that is equal parts Pretty in Pink and Marvel’s Runaways.

Overall, a strong story, that is both fantastical and relatable, and never lets up for one second, giving the reader quite a ride. The writing by Matthew Rosenberg and Patrick Kindlon is sharp and witty, providing levity in an otherwise dark story. The art by Josh Hood and Brian Level is alluring and enigmatic, a perfect complement to this complex book. Altogether, a strong story with beautiful illustrations, that everyone should read.

Story: Matthew Rosenberg and Patrick Kindlon Artist: Josh Hood and Brian Level
Story: 9 Art: 9 Overall: 9 Recommendation: Buy

Black Mask Studios provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review